One Celtic outcast moved on from today as they also received an offer for a star man.
Matt O’Riley had already been subject of more than one bid from Atalanta, rejected by the Hoops as they didn’t get near to their £25million valuation. Southampton are one of the other clubs who have been keeping tabs on the midfielder and it was reported today they made their first move. But it would seem their offer wasn’t much better with the Scottish Sun reporting it was for an initial £14m plus add-ons, which has unsurprisingly been turned down.
That leaves the Serie A side with a decision to make on whether to get in a bidding war with the English side, flush with cash since their promotion back to the Premier League. While there will be other clubs keeping an eye on proceedings, with Leicester and West Ham among those previously linked.
Ben Siegrist is the player to have moved on to pastures new as he completed his move to Neil Lennon’s Rapid Bucharest. Celts wished the Swiss goalkeeper all the best on social media as he ended his two years at the club, playing just four times competitively.
In terms of incomings, Brendan Rodgers offered an update today and promised fans there would be deals done. He said: “I had a long meeting with Michael and Chris today, we know the targets we want to bring in. Still a long way to go in the window, our concentration is that we know what we want to do, the priority positions we want to improve.
“While the club is getting on with that, myself and the coaches were really focused on the improvements of this team, physically, tactically and technically. Yeah, at some point before the end of August I’d expect us to have the players we want in.”